06 June 2024 : Review article
Use of Antimicrobial Silver Coatings on Fixed Orthodontic Appliances, Including Archwires, Brackets, and Microimplants: A Systematic Review
Magdalena Sycińska-Dziarnowska
1ABCDEF*, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld 12DF, Magdalena Ziąbka 3E, Gianrico Spagnuolo 45E, Krzysztof Woźniak 1E
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.944255
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e944255
Table 3 Evaluation of the quality of the study conducted using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS).
| Author, year | Selection | Comparability | Outcome | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anand, 2023 []33 | *** | ** | *** | 8 |
| Bącela, 2022 []19 | *** | ** | *** | 8 |
| Espinosa-Cristóbal, 2018 []10 | ** | ** | *** | 7 |
| Farheen, 2022 []27 | ** | ** | *** | 7 |
| Gil, 2020 []21 | ** | ** | ** | 6 |
| Gonçalves, 2020 []20 | ** | ** | *** | 7 |
| Lee, 2020 []28 | *** | ** | ** | 7 |
| Mhaske, 2015 []12 | *** | ** | *** | 8 |
| Nafarrate-Valdez, 2022 []18 | ** | ** | ** | 6 |
| Ameli, 2022 []23 | ** | ** | ** | 6 |
| Ghasemi, 2017 []22 | ** | ** | *** | 7 |
| Jasso-Ruiz, 2019 []11 | ** | ** | *** | 7 |
| Jasso-Ruiz, 2020 []24 | *** | ** | *** | 8 |
| Ryu, 2012 []25 | *** | ** | ** | 7 |
| Zeidan, 2022 []13 | *** | ** | *** | 8 |
| Fathy Abo-Elmahasen, 2023 []26 | ** | ** | ** | 6 |
| Subramanian, 2022 []9 | ** | ** | *** | 7 |
| Venugopal, 2017 []14 | *** | ** | *** | 8 |